Equipment
Hyundai adopts WiBro
Hyundai Heavy Industries introduces WiBro (Wireless Broadband) technology into its shipyard site for the first time in the world, incorporating IT into shipbuilding in a bid to establish ‘Digital Shipyard’. The world’s largest shipbuilder on...
2009-04-29 14:17:53
MES launches Shanghai marine engine service center
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) announced on April 27th that it has established a wholly owned local subsidiary MES Technoservice (Shanghai) Co. in Shanghai as an after-delivery service center for its marine diesel engines. While ships equipp...
2009-04-29 11:22:50
Korean nego steel plate price
It is reported that there is a possibility that South Korea's major shipbuilding companies will seek negotiations with Japan's integrated steelmakers on price revisions in the existing supply contracts of ship plates for April to September 2009 perio...
2009-04-28 09:24:16
Wartsila fears €1bn order cancellations
Finnish marine engine maker Wärtsilä has reported €51m ($68bn) in engine cancellations from its ship power division during the first quarter 2009, and said a further €1bn of orders could be axed. The Helsinki-listed company reported...
2009-04-27 07:04:14
Engine makers may lose €2bn of orders
European engine makers believe over €2bn ($2.7bn) of their orderbook could be at risk as owners continue to walk away from contracts. Both MAN Diesel and Helsinki based Wärtsilä have stated that up to €1bn, about 15% of their respec...
2009-04-27 06:57:28
MacGREGOR develops new AHTW
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR has developed anchor-handling towing winches (AHTW) with pulling powers of between 300 tonnes and 600 tonnes and will be able to supply them in both hydraulically and electrically-driven versions. “MacGREGOR aims to provi...
2009-04-23 17:04:20
Top shipbreaker joins hands with Shaoguan
It is reported that as the largest ship-breaking company in Asia, Xinhui Shuangshui Shipbreaking & Steel Co Ltd signed a strategic cooperation agreement days ago with Shaoguan Iron & Steel Group Co Ltd indicating that they began their mutualism. As p...
2009-04-23 06:58:30
Azipod propulsion pact between ABB and ZPMC
ABB and Shanghai-based ZPMC have signed an agreement for the production of propulsion solutions for deep sea offshore vessels. The two companies will jointly develop solutions for vessels that demand deep sea operating draughts, such as heavy carr...
2009-04-21 14:31:31
Chinese steel plate oversupply looms ahead
China is expected to breach the 20.2-million ton (mt) mark, set in 2008, for ship plate production this year. Against this, Chinese shipbuilders are expected to consume 11.7 mt of ship plate, report quoted China Association of the National Shipbuildi...
2009-04-21 13:28:46
IHI develops welding robot for SPB LNG tank
IHI Corp. has successfully developed an automatic welding robot designed to ensure more efficient production of the SPB (the self-supporting prismatic-shape IMO type-B) heat-proof LNG tanks, which are expected to command greater demands in the future...
2009-04-21 07:40:11
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